The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-12-07
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winter until the cellar is cleaned ami pu
IN a tidy. hca thy state.
Mr. Waldo +. Brown. who has buriee
potatoes each fall for a quarter of ,
century, says he never lost a bushel by
covering too deep; but many went Ia
waste on account of insufficient earth tc
keep out frost. He adds: "Don't pui
the tubers in too large bulk.
1t is well known fact that insect
pests attack the most vigorous trees in
the orchard, neglecting the compara-
lively dry and juiceless branches of de-
caying trees. Another mistake is that
a healthy tree has the power of Kidding
itself of the scale irse IS whi h infest IL.
Inspection of healthy trees is eminently
necessary if the owner would keep them
profitable and in good shape.
IteF's Magazine says that basic Stag,
the refuse of steel works, when freed
from iron and reduced to powder proves
to be a valuable fertilizer, pr ipally on
account of the phosphorus it contains.
Mountains Of black Stag have accumu-
lated about the iron aud steel works in
England, and much in this country, all
OF which can be prof ably worked over
and made into valuable manure.
Oil, says the american Agrirulturist
is fatal to every insect it touches, aud
sulphur is very offensive to them. A
mixture of four ounces of lard and one
of sulphur, well rubbed together, and
with the add tion of one ounce of
kerosene oil and one drachm of creosote
viii be found an excellent remedy
against all sorts of insect vermin. while
tn liberal use of kerosene oil on poultry
roosts will free the fowls of their tor
mentors.
The garden needs more manure. This
fact sho Id always be kept in mind. and
every bit of waste that is likely to have
any value, mechanical or otherwise. as
manure, should be added to the heap. IL
is wonderful what lot of manure NAV he
got together by those who keep this al
ways before them. Everybody, of course.
shoul keep pigs to eat up the waste
vegetables. and with manure from the
p'g-stye should be blended all the other
waste matters of the garden and house.
On the approach of winter provision
should be made for dust baths for hens
when the soil is 10 ked with frost. A
sufficient quantity of dry loan should be
secured an placed in bar els or boxes TO
satisfy all possible demands. Henseniov
rolling and wallowing in dry earth in the
sun, and it is also desirable {, spread
under the roosts to receive the drop-
pings, servin : as a deodoriLer when the
droppings are co objected, as they should
be, so that the hen house may be kept
clean.
a whitewash that will not rub off is
made by Stacking one half bushel lime
W tn boiling water, keeping it covered
during the process. Strain it and add a
peck of salt dissolved in warm water,
.hree pounds OF ground rice put in boil
ng water, and boiled to thin pas e one
lalf pound powdered Spanish whiting.
md pound of ear glue dissolved in
warm water. Mix these we'll together
md let the mixture stand for several
lays. Keep the wash thus prepared in a
lettle, and when used put it on as hot as
'ossibe with painters or whitewashers'
brushes.
A good many farmers have the idea.
ayS the Z o9ghmdn, that milk is not ust
light for pigs until it is soured. This is
very serious mistake. No possible good
an come from souring it, but very seri-
us harm. After you take out the cream
nd water the most that remains ia
aseine and sugar of milk. Both are
aluable. But when you sour it YOU
hange the sugar of milk into Tactic acid.
nd lose nearly half the entire value of
our milk. Feed milk sweet to calves
nd pigs and colts. Never let it sour if
on cln he it. Why will you throw
way half its value2
The feeding value of apples is not
lrge; they rank with mangels, turnips,
abnage, and the like. Their food prop
rites are mostly carbohydrates, or heat
reducing, their proteine being only
bout one-half of one per cent, and
leir nutritive ratio about one to thirty,
n hence are most effective when fed in
with more nitrogenous food,
Ike clover, but may be fed sparingly
nth grass. They have higher value
IAN the weight of their food constitu-
nts indicates, on account of condimen-
Il qua tiles, and from having large per
INT. of those constituents in condi-
on to be at once absorbed and appro-
rated without waiting for any special 4
etion of the stomach.